Celestine “Sally” A. Mattos De Ponte, 85, of Hilo, died Dec. 3 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, she was a retired Community Service Worker for the County of Hawaii and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo. Friends may call 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel; wake service at 6 p.m. Friends may also call 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hilo; Mass at 10 a.m. Casual attire. Burial to follow 11 a.m. at Alae Cemetery. Survived by sons, Donald (Victoria) Mattos of Kau, George De Ponte and Kenneth (Florence) De Ponte, both of Hilo; brother, Frank Andrade Mattos of Hilo; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

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